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Topic: Beginner Experience with Pianoteq 8 Standard

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased Pianoteq 8 Standard and recorded my very first recording on NY Steinway D Classical.

You can watch my performance here https://youtu.be/oJ8D32EKgJE

I haven't changed any settings or presets.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me some tips, advice or suggestion for the best sound quality.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Walid

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Re: Beginner Experience with Pianoteq 8 Standard

walidhossaini wrote:

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased Pianoteq 8 Standard and recorded my very first recording on NY Steinway D Classical.

You can watch my performance here https://youtu.be/oJ8D32EKgJE

I haven't changed any settings or presets.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me some tips, advice or suggestion for the best sound quality.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Walid

Welcome to the forum walidhossaini, nice to have you on board and nice playing. Waiting for more.


Well, we all have different taste about what is good and what sounds good, and we hear differently. And of course it depends on the piece of music which sound to use.

Here something to try, only a few things


Move the condition slider, down above the keyboard, to the right, to 8 or 12 or something and listen

Change the velocity curve or try calibration…

Click on the pictutre to get” Tuning Voicing Design” and move Unison width a bit to the right….listen

Sometimes I myself like a bit more of Sympathetic resonance (Design)

Equalizer and Efffects change the sound

Don’t try too much in beginning, maybe better to try different pianos and presets…The more I did in beginning it sounded worse than the preset sometimes   

Now after 10 years with Ptq I don’t chage so much anymore, but it is of course always nice to test and try a bit……….   I’m a bit of an experimenter.

Best,

Stig

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Re: Beginner Experience with Pianoteq 8 Standard

Great playing! Its obvious that your technique is quite advanced. Glad to hear more

walidhossaini wrote:

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased Pianoteq 8 Standard and recorded my very first recording on NY Steinway D Classical.

You can watch my performance here https://youtu.be/oJ8D32EKgJE

I haven't changed any settings or presets.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me some tips, advice or suggestion for the best sound quality.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Walid

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Re: Beginner Experience with Pianoteq 8 Standard

Thank you Pianoteqenthusiast, I appreciate your suggestion.

I will stick to the presets for now

Is there a guide on which sound to use for a particular piece of music?

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:
walidhossaini wrote:

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased Pianoteq 8 Standard and recorded my very first recording on NY Steinway D Classical.

You can watch my performance here https://youtu.be/oJ8D32EKgJE

I haven't changed any settings or presets.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me some tips, advice or suggestion for the best sound quality.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Walid

Welcome to the forum walidhossaini, nice to have you on board and nice playing. Waiting for more.


Well, we all have different taste about what is good and what sounds good, and we hear differently. And of course it depends on the piece of music which sound to use.

Here something to try, only a few things


Move the condition slider, down above the keyboard, to the right, to 8 or 12 or something and listen

Change the velocity curve or try calibration…

Click on the pictutre to get” Tuning Voicing Design” and move Unison width a bit to the right….listen

Sometimes I myself like a bit more of Sympathetic resonance (Design)

Equalizer and Efffects change the sound

Don’t try too much in beginning, maybe better to try different pianos and presets…The more I did in beginning it sounded worse than the preset sometimes   

Now after 10 years with Ptq I don’t chage so much anymore, but it is of course always nice to test and try a bit……….   I’m a bit of an experimenter.

Best,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast, CP-80teqenthusiast, experimenter and Graf/Grimalditeqenthusiast, Celesteteqenthusiast, Vibraphoneteqenthusiast, Erardteqenthusiast, Church Bellsteqenthusiast and Pianoteq 8 enthusiast

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Re: Beginner Experience with Pianoteq 8 Standard

Thank you appreciate your kind words

Pianoten wrote:

Great playing! Its obvious that your technique is quite advanced. Glad to hear more

walidhossaini wrote:

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased Pianoteq 8 Standard and recorded my very first recording on NY Steinway D Classical.

You can watch my performance here https://youtu.be/oJ8D32EKgJE

I haven't changed any settings or presets.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me some tips, advice or suggestion for the best sound quality.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Walid

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Re: Beginner Experience with Pianoteq 8 Standard

walidhossaini wrote:

Thank you Pianoteqenthusiast, I appreciate your suggestion.

I will stick to the presets for now

Is there a guide on which sound to use for a particular piece of music?

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:
walidhossaini wrote:

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased Pianoteq 8 Standard and recorded my very first recording on NY Steinway D Classical.

You can watch my performance here https://youtu.be/oJ8D32EKgJE

I haven't changed any settings or presets.



I was wondering if you guys could share with me some tips, advice or suggestion for the best sound quality.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Walid

Welcome to the forum walidhossaini, nice to have you on board and nice playing. Waiting for more.


Well, we all have different taste about what is good and what sounds good, and we hear differently. And of course it depends on the piece of music which sound to use.

Here something to try, only a few things


Move the condition slider, down above the keyboard, to the right, to 8 or 12 or something and listen

Change the velocity curve or try calibration…

Click on the pictutre to get” Tuning Voicing Design” and move Unison width a bit to the right….listen

Sometimes I myself like a bit more of Sympathetic resonance (Design)

Equalizer and Efffects change the sound

Don’t try too much in beginning, maybe better to try different pianos and presets…The more I did in beginning it sounded worse than the preset sometimes   

Now after 10 years with Ptq I don’t chage so much anymore, but it is of course always nice to test and try a bit……….   I’m a bit of an experimenter.

Best,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast, CP-80teqenthusiast, experimenter and Graf/Grimalditeqenthusiast, Celesteteqenthusiast, Vibraphoneteqenthusiast, Erardteqenthusiast, Church Bellsteqenthusiast and Pianoteq 8 enthusiast



”Is there a guide on which sound to use for a particular piece of music?”


Which sound to use - I don’t know about any guide. But in classical, jazz, traditional and popular music, accompaniment, I think it is again about personal taste what to use. People probably should go with what they like and enjoy.
Don't bind yourself too much to rules, but instead enjoy Pianoteq,  I've been doing it for 10 years now and the atmosphere is just as nice as the first time I played Ptq. I play every free time every day and it is as a new exciting instrument every morning

Best,

Stig